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Bearna
Sign in to saveBarna, officially known as Bearna in both Irish and English, is a coastal village on the R336 regional road in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Located approximately 7 km west of the centre of Galway city, it has become a satellite village of Galway. The village, which is mostly Irish speaking, is a constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up the Gaeltacht.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bearna
- Region
- Connacht
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 1,998
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Barna
- Settlement.official_name
- Bearna
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sunset over Bearna harbour.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Barna quay at dusk
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Connacht
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Gaeltacht
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Galway
- Population
- +2336
- Area
- +1.89
- Elevation
- +0
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Galway Bay
- Image
- Bearna (Barna) - geograph.org.uk - 1288758.jpg
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- P7959
- County Galway
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Irish language
- Community and sport
- Townlands
- International links
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Barna, officially known as Bearna in both Irish and English, is a coastal village on the R336 regional road in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Located approximately 7 km west of the centre of Galway city, it has become a satellite village of Galway. The village, which is mostly Irish speaking, is a constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up the Gaeltacht.
==History== Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of shell midden, ringfort, holy well and castle sites in the townlands of Barna, Knockaunnacarragh, Derryloney and Truskey. Barna House, a large Georgian house in Barna townland, was built in 1778. The quay at Barna was built in the 1820s to designs by Alexander Nimmo.